Ayanna Pressley
U.S. Representative for Massachusetts
Ayanna Soyini Pressley was born in February 1974 in Cincinnati, Ohio. She grew up in Chicago, Illinois. Her mother later moved to Brooklyn and then to Boston. Pressley attended the College of General Studies at Boston University and later took courses at Boston University Metropolitan College. She entered the political arena working for the campaigns of U.S. Representative Joseph P. Kennedy II and U.S. Senator John Kerry.
Pressley served nine years as a member of the Boston City Council. She ran for and won a seat in the United States House of Representatives and was sworn in January 2019.
She is married to Conan Harris. She is Baptist
In the News…
Representative Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts has proposed an amendment that would allow states to increase consumer protections for payday loans. The amendment would strike a preemptive clause regarding state action in the Earned Wage Access Consumer Protection Act, introduced by Congressman Bryan Steil of Wisconsin.
Congresswoman Pressley said during a House Financial Services Committee meeting, “Our constituents deserve more protection from predatory EWA, not less. This is a commonsense amendment that the federal framework can be a floor, but it should not be a ceiling that hinders states from acting in the best interests of its residents.”
Representative Pressley continued, “This work has been important in districts like mine where the Attorney General’s office was able to secure more than $600,000 in restitution and debt relief for consumers who were victims of predatory earned wage products.”
Contact this Leader…
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The Honorable Ayanna Pressley
U.S. Representative for Massachusetts
402 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
